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" Giri, Sunan/Panĕmbahan - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Ricklefs, M. C.
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AL
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English
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1061772
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ALei2169
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Ricklefs, M. C.
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Giri, Sunan/Panĕmbahan - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Ricklefs, M. C.
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(714 words)
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Sunan Giri , later known as Panĕmbahan Giri , was one of the wali sanga (the Nine Saints), the semi-legendary initial propagators of Islam in Java, and the only one followed by a line of successors. Like the history of all the wali sanga , that of the spiritual lords of Giri is clouded in myth. The Giri gravesite in East Java remains a major pilgrimage site, but only little is known with confidence about the history of the persons buried there. According to Sejarah Banten (“History of Banten,” a text known
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Islam.
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